Application Specialist Lead - Service, Markets, Banking, and Functions (SMBF) Production Management Technology. We are seeking a technical lead for SMBF Production Support Technology, please kindly review this job description and apply if you think this could be the right career move!

Responsibilities:

• Provides technical hands on investigation and oversight across systems and applications; leverage skills across multiple apps support areas.
• Provide a holistic view of the production environment for both technology and business management, working closely as a trusted partner for senior business heads.
• Provide guidance on feedback reviews with development managers, ensuring outstanding issues are tracked to closure, particularly long-term strategic fixes.
• Performs controlled resolution of incidents and problems including prioritization and escalation to relevant groups when appropriate, root cause analysis of all problems with follow-through to resolution.
• Consults with the primary clients of the application in conjunction with development managers in order to understand the strategic objectives of users.
• Requires awareness of audit and compliance related issues.
• Contributes to formulation of strategies for apps support and other functional areas.
• Champion stability initiatives to enable application high availability for Business-As-Usual which includes better monitoring, failover and resiliency
• Ability to handle incidents, problems and change at a global enterprise level. Calm and analytical when faced with major incidents on critical systems.
• Responsible for delivery of end results and shares responsibility for budget management which directly impacts the apps support area; accountable for resource planning.
• Manages customer satisfaction requirements of operational procedures to achieve a suitable outcome for all stakeholders
• Exhibits sound and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills to exchange complex information with inherent confidence with operations and technology partners on a regional or global basis.
• Focus on people development and deputize for the regional support manager.
• Performs other duties and functions as assigned
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Qualifications:

Essential Technical Skills

• Experience writing Linux Shell scripts
• Good Technical knowledge of Cloudera stack, Kafka, Spark, Hive, HBase, Sqoop, Talend, Couchbase
• Good Technical knowledge of Oracle 1G, SQL, MS SQL Server
• Good Technical Skills in Java, JSON and API
• Familiarity with ITIL process, ServiceNow, ITRS monitoring and Splunk tools.
• Technical understanding of IBM WebSphere and TIBCO
• Knowledge of MicroStrategy and Tableau
• Knowledge of NDM, SFTP, MQ & TIBCO EMS
• Autosys or relevant batching tools
• Experience on Cloud computing and migrating applications to ECS containers
• Experience on GitHub , TeamCity , Maven, CHEF or Ansible, Jenkins
• Practical problem solving and strategic thinking skills
• Service oriented attitude
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Proficient using basic technical tools and systems
• Good interpersonal and communication skills

Additional Qualifications:

• 8+ years experience in an Apps Support role would be an added advantage, but not essential
• Highly assertive communications skills, commanding personality. Ability to engage a large audience and lead the discussion with clear, articulate, and highly assertive communication. Must show confidence in all communications
• Experience with application support would be an added advantage, but not essential
• Effectively share information with other support team members and with other technology teams
• Ability to plan and organize workload
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate appropriately to relevant stakeholder

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred

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In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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